User talk:Soufron

Hello Soufron, I just found out that I am a member of the Juriwiki mailing list. I was not aware that I was a member of that list, althougt I did state my interest in legal matters some time ago. I have never received e-mails from this mailing list, which leads me to the question wheter I indeed am a member of this mailing list (what I would like very much), or that my name just popped up in the summing up on Juriwiki mailing list? Fruggo 13:36, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I am expressing an interest in joining the Juriwiki mailing list, I have no legal experience, but next year I am taking a legal studies course. I am from New Zealand, thank you Brian(talk) 07:40, 15 December 2005 (UTC) (E-mail: bcanderton+wiki AT gmail DOT com)

We need your advise to the matter connected with the usage of this template. Please check the discussions on en:Template talk:PD-USSR and en:Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Lupo. It is extremely unfortunate that the discussion became over-emotional and led to the personal accusation against Lupo, who certainly has acted in good faith, but the question is IMHO extremely important. We are talking about ~3000 images on English Wikipedia and Commons, not including the other wikis. It is thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of articles that could be possibly defaced. Many users, me included, feel very strongly about the matter. So far I personally feel like go from the wiki if the tag will go.

I personally do not see the compelling reasons to remove the tag. We never had a single complaint over it, pre-1973 Soviet works are routinely considered public domain by many Western publishers and I am not aware about any test cases in this matter. Maybe we could negotiate some sort of tightening the wording of the tag. If the Georgian 1991 declarations are the main concern we could temporarily stop uploading the images first published in Georgian SSR. We certainly should prevent abusing of the tag - if a Salvador Dali album was printed before 1973 in the Soviet Union it should be considered a pirated publications on the West, not the reason to put the reproductions, etc. But in my humble opinion total removing or depreciating of the tag would be a gross over-reaction until a clear-cut test case will be decided one way or the way.

I think the case is very important. You can count on the support of numerous Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian and other xUSSR editors if you need some sort of research or translation. We could even probably collect some money for the case if it is required. If you for any reason want to contact me privately, my E-mail is enabled. Thanks a lot Alex Bakharev 00:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be growing questions in the English Wikipedia concerning images such as this one, which is from Ukraine, in which I believe sports logos are in the public domain due to to being a symbol of an organization. However, people seem to be unsure of whether the means that the image can be used freely in Wikipedia, as that would involve the servers based in Florida where such copyright exemptions might not apply. So, basically, I'm asking whether images that are public domain in countries other than the United States that would otherwise be under fair use, such as sports team logos, remain public domain in Wikipedia. No one I could find was sure about this, so I was told to come to you. Thanks. Cowman109 01:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello, could you have a look at this debate on the Commons? We are about to get a tag claiming that images commissioned by the Italian state (and, in extension, by private academies and non-profit organisations) enter the public domain 20 years after publication. This understanding might be incorrect and thus dangerous to the project and our users, since we might introduce stealth non-free content to the Commons. Could you give us your comment? Thanks! --Wikipeder 20:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

My name is Artur Piotr Wewióra. I have made my Master of Laws' degree at University of Łódź in 2002. I am a member of Polish local chapter (Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska). Recently I have passed state judicial exams and now I work as an legal assistant to the President of Commercial Division of District Court for Łódź-Śródmieście in Łódź. In vast area of law I am especially interested in constitutional and commercial law, legal aspects of non-profit organisation's activities and also common law systems as opposite to continental (civil) law. I would like to see if I could help as a member of Legal Department. --A.P.W. 16:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC)